Kyiv urged its allies to send more air defence
Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early on Thursday, tearing open apartment buildings and leaving at least 13 people dead, Ukrainian officials said.
The European Union’s top diplomat proposed new sanctions on Moscow following the strikes, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked the United States for licences to manufacture Patriot air defence missiles.
Russia has routinely launched waves of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, the capital, during its more than four-year invasion, which has become Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II.
AFP journalists in central and eastern Kyiv heard more than a dozen explosions and saw residents — some with children and pets — rushing to shelter in metro stations.
